CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clear Lake Campus of Yuba College is hosting an open house to celebrate the new offices for Workforce Lake and the Yuba College CalWORKs office.

The open house will be held in room 602 at the campus, 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Enjoy some refreshments while learning how to get your education started as a CalWORKs participant and find the perfect job through Workforce Lake.

The CalWORKs (California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids) program is a state-funded welfare-to-work program that gives support to needy families. 

The Yuba College CalWORKs office provides eligible matriculated students with school supplies, bus passes, book grants and assistance finding work in the student’s chosen field of study. 

The office is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and can be reached at 707-995-4176.

The Workforce Lake Business and Career Center offers job search tools and computer stations for job search Web sites and a free typing test certificate. Their updated career exploration tools will get you in touch with current labor market information and occupational training. 

Workforce Lake’s goal is to provide superior employment and training services for Lake County’s entry-level job seekers as well as professional seasoned workers. 

The Workforce Lake office is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. and can be reached at 707-998-8891.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – On Thursday, Oct. 15, Redbud Audubon welcomes Robert J. Meese, Ph.D., who will present a program on California’s blackbird, the tricolor, Agelaius tricolor.

Refreshments will begin at 7 p.m. with the program at 7:15 p.m. in the Glebe Social Hall, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 4085 Main St., Kelseyville.

The tricolor is a near-endemic passerine that forms the largest breeding colonies of any songbird in North America.

Originally almost exclusively a marsh-dweller, the tricolor now inhabits landscapes that differ fundamentally from the ones in which it evolved.

Due to its gregarious nature and insect-dependence during the breeding season, the tricolor places huge demands upon lands within 3 miles of its breeding colonies.

Through a multimedia presentation that includes still images, videos, and digital sound files, Meese will explore the tricolor’s natural history, field identification and population trends.

Drawing on his more than a decade of work with the species, Meese will illustrate the tricolor’s extraordinary breeding and foraging habits, the relationship between insect abundance and reproductive success, discuss the results and implications of the 2014 Statewide Survey, and evaluate the prospects for the species’ future.

Meese has been with the Information Center for the Environment, ICE, in the Department of Environmental Science & Policy at U.C. Davis for 21 years and has worked with tricolored blackbirds for 11 years.

His work was highlighted in a segment on the CBS Evening News on Saturday, June 28, 2014.

Prior to his work with tricolors, Meese served as a member of the peregrine falcon recovery team for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, studied peregrine falcons in Greenland for five summers, was a consultant to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, helped to design an inventory and monitoring program for the biota of State Vehicular Recreation Areas for California State Parks, and is currently a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas, an international network of protected area experts administered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with members in 140 countries.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Soroptimist International of Clear Lake invites you to become acquainted with the local organization.

This local club has been in existence for 50 years. Soroptimist mean “best for women” and is a local, national and international organization whose main purpose is to help women and girls.

Membership is open to women who are working, retired, unemployed or embarking on a new career.

The local nonprofit club has provided mammograms for women without insurance, $4,000 annual monetary awards for head of household women continuing their education (Live Your Dream awards), funding for Sponsoring Survivorship (breast cancer), Dr. Dhanda and Worldwide Healing Hands and Lower Lake High School's Clothes Closet.

For more information on Live Your Dream Awards, contact Brenda Crandall at 707-295-6591.

The club's newest project is a partnership with the NEST, a local long-term residential program for homeless pregnant and parenting youth ages 18 to 21.

The youth in the NEST program receive life skills training, parenting education, community mentors, and are encouraged to participate in service learning programs.

Another project for Soroptimist International of Clear Lake in the planning stages for girls in Lake County is a leadership conference in Spring 2016.

Soroptimist meetings are held twice monthly at Howard's Grotto in Clearlake at noon, with a business meeting on the second Thursday of each month and a program meeting with a speaker on the fourth Thursday of each month.

For more information contact President Olga Martin Steele at 707-998-1302 or Secretary Ami Landrum at 707-350-7419.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A local craft fair marketplace was held Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Ely Stage Stop & Country Museum, in conjunction with the monthly California Old Time Fiddlers’ Jam Session. 

Nineteen local craft folks sold their wares to several hundred attendees. 

Donations made during the Fiddlers’ Jams typically benefit both the Ely Stage Stop and the Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 10.

This month all donations made during the jam will benefit Valley Fire victims through the Lake County Wildfire Relief Fund created by North Coast Opportunities and Mendo Lake Credit Union.

The local craft vendor fees and all donations, including those raised during raffle and silent auction offerings, are being donated to the Wildfire Relief Fund.

The District 10 Fiddler’s Association also made a special donation of $500 as several musicians lost their homes during the Valley Fire. 

The total amount to be donated as a result of the Fiddlers’ Jam and the Marketplace is $2,895.  

The Lake County Historical Society wishes to show their appreciation to all of the vendors who rented space in the Marketplace, to the Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 10, for their music and their generous donation, and to the Ely docents and volunteers who gave so generously of their time and energy to present the event.

Most of all the Historical Society sincerely appreciates all of the attendees who donated so generously during the event. 

The Lake County Historical Society’s Ely Stage Stop & Country Museum is located at 9921 Highway 281 (Soda Bay Road), Kelseyville, California.

For more information, check out www.elystagestop.com , www.lakecountyhistory.org , www.facebook.com/elystagestop or call 707-533-9990, during museum hours, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – East Lake Resource Conservation District is recruiting applicants to fill a vacancy on its board of directors for a term expiring December, 2016. 

This is a volunteer position.

Anybody wishing to fill this vacancy should contact Board Secretary Victoria Brandon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-994-1931.

LUCERNE, Calif. – Northshore Community Center, formerly known as Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, is hosting A Double Benefit Dance on Friday, Oct. 30.

The benefit will be held from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the center, 3985 Country Club Drive.

This is the center's first-ever multimedia happening featuring the Pick-Up Band for musical accompaniment. D.J. Frank spins live Grateful Dead recordings. 

With a fee of $5 door entry, you can have dance lessons, participate in art tables and watch light shows. If you have a real Grateful Dead Ticket Stub, you enter free. Costumes and tie dye are optional. 

Come and have a groovy time at this very loud production. Plan to perform if you like. Assistance is available with amplification. Call 707-274-9352 to volunteer or to get more details.

Bring the whole family to this historic and child friendly event. Children under age 12 may attend for free, 12 years to adult are half-price.

Proceeds from the door are split to benefit the Northshore Community Center, a not-for-profit serving Northshore families and senior populations with on-site lunches, Meals on Wheels, personal advocacy, activities and other services.

For more information call the Northshore Community Center at 707-274-8779.